Psychologists in Boston

focused on the unique mental health challenges of individuals in high-pressure careers

Who do we work with?

Our psychologists focus on individuals in high-pressure careers who face a unique set of challenges to their mental wellbeing, including:

• Long hours at the office, leaving limited time for mentally-restorative activities like hobbies and exercise that can help ward off burnout
• After-work culture focused on heavy alcohol or drug use, resulting in accumulating damage
• Constant high-stakes decisions, locking the brain into an exhausting fight-or-flight mode
• Promotion-related anxiety, stress, and self-doubt, both before and after promotion
• Highly demanding (and even emotionally abusive) clients and managers
• Enmeshment between your career and personal identity (going beyond the "workaholic" stereotype), leading to a loss of a sense of self
• Being pushed (by intrinsic or extrinsic factors) to succeed at all costs, leading to achievement trauma that can put your emotional stability and identity at risk
• Limited time and energy for relationships outside of work, resulting in a shrinking support network and frustrated partners
• Misalignment between your deeply-held values and the day-to-day work of your high-pressure career
• Adapting to an expensive lifestyle, with high rewards for “sticking it out” making it impossible to simply say no

If you're facing some or all of these issues, we might be able to help.